NVI Special Correspondent
Srinagar, Oct 10 (NVI): National Conference (NC) Legislature Party meeting is all set to take place this afternoon at 12:30 where the party will take a call on future strategy and the finalize the name for Chief Minister of J&K.
The party chief Dr Farooq Abdullah yesterday stated that the upcoming CM of J&K will have to wear a “crown of thorns” as the road ahead is tough.
NC leader who won from Bijbehara Assembly segment told NVI that he is attending the party’s legislature meeting at NC headquarters Nawa-e-Subh complex in Srinagar.
Party sources said that all newly elected members will attend the meeting where future strategy will be discussed. “The party will also evolve consensus as to who will be the leader of the new House,” they said.
A party leader wishing not to be named said that party will chalk out the future course of action and also discuss the proper date for swearing in ceremony. “Let’s see what party leaders say about who should be the next CM,” he said, adding that “one thing is clear that majority will vote for Omar but we have to be clear enough while choosing the leader of the House given the fact things are not same what it used to be before 2014.”
The newly elected legislators will also discuss the “Model of Governance” to be followed in the next five years. “We will also invite suggestions how to take Jammu on board despite the fact the region has not voted for NC,” the NC leader said. Pertinently, NC vice president Omar Abdullah yesterday told reporters that new dispensation in J&K can’t afford to have antagonist relation with New Delhi and it would be foolish to demand Article 370 from the present government at Centre. He, however, stated that first thing new cabinet will do is it will pass a resolution seeking restoration of Statehood for J&K and handover the copy of the same to Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
On the other hand, J&K Congress chief Tariq Hameed Karra who is in New Delhi, is expected to return today late afternoon, will chair party’s legislature party meet tomorrow. “He must have got the directions from the high command as to what party leaders must pitch for,” a Congress leader said. NC got a huge mandate from the people of Kashmir as it bagged 42 seats while Congress party witnessed its downfall by settling at just six seats.
PDP also recorded poorest performance as it won only three seats. Peoples Conference won one seat and Er Rashid’s Apni Party despite its tall claims managed to win just one seat. Jammu, however sided with the BJP by giving the party 29 seats. (News Vibes of India)
